Forming a Government 8-3

The Constitution Convention was held in

• New York  City
• Washington, D.C.
• Philadelphia
• Williamsburg

Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington

No women, African Americans, or American Idians participated in the Constitutional Convention because members of these groups

• were happy with the Articles
• were invited to the Convention but refused to come
• were not yet granted the rights of full citizens
• had already ratified the Articles

"Which of the following statement about the Great Compromise is NOT correct?

• Each state would be represented equally with one vote in a one-house legislature
• In the lower house, each state would receive one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants
• Every state, regardless of size, would have an equal vote in the upper legislative house.
• It combined elements of the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan.

The judicial branch of government

• administers the laws
• makes the laws
• enforces the laws
• interprets the laws

What did the delegates decide on the issue of the slave trade?

• The slave trade could continue without interference for 20 years.
• The slave trade would be banned
• Each state could decide whether or not to participate in the slave trade
• The slave trade could continue without interference indefinitely

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to

• discuss revising the Articles of Confederation
• make each state a free an independent nation
• help each state write a constitution
• ratify the Articles of Confederation

The new government would be based on federalism, which

• allows each state to create its own federal government.
• gives all power to a strong central government
• distributes power between a central authority and the states
• makes state law the law of the land.

The executive branch of government 

• make the laws
• includes the president and the administrative departments
• is made up of all the national courts
• is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

To prevent any branch of government from becoming too powerful, the framers of the Constitution created

• the New Jersey Plan.
• a system of checks and balances.
• the Three-Fifths Compromise
• a two-house legislature